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tore the piece from; 1 may have it and
may not; keep a file of my religious
papers; got the paper from Joe; l go
once week; know that
John is avoiding arrest; he was
doing so before this ROBBERY.
Cross examined: 1 am not positive it
was the 9th of May, but think so; am
certain it was Monday and in May; it was
on a Monday before the robbery, but
can't say how many; am certain it was
the first or second Monday in May, and
think it was the ninth; always do up my
weeks work, on Monday and had been
busy that day; had no papers but the
Firm Foundation, Austin STATESMAN and
Sun; these two last l got from Joe's
house and it was in one of them l wrap
ped the lunch; 1 did not ask John where
he was going; l asked him when he
would return; he said he might never
come back; when I asked him where he
was goiEg, he generally says to see the
girls; do not know where he is now; he
is evading arrest; do not know what for;
| I do not know that there are
any papers against him in the county;
there was case against HIM in Burnet
county, and he forfeited his bond; saw
Joe Tuesday before he was arrested; saw
him at his house; on the morning of the
18th took home some papers that day
from Joe's; there was no Georgetown Sun
among them; before Tuesday 18th, don't
recall when l was last at Joe's; would not
have remembered that time but from the
fact that the day following was BABY
| ;,th 7 coticfiaH T MO fhara viii h..
in week before the 18th, as was there
every week; can't say as to any other dates
except the 17th, and remember that on &C
count of the birth day; the papers l had
were addressed to my father, 1. j. Bar
bour; Joe takes them out of the office;
this was the only time l fixed
lunch for John. l have wrapped
lunches for my husband and his brothers,
but not within month; don't know who
all have talked to about this case; l
never have told anyone what was going
to say as witness; have Sold my sister
in-law about John being at my house; she
told me to remember it, as it might do
Joe some good; told her about Johu's
being at my house on Tuesday,
the 18th; 1 thought of it once
before when l was there, but
company being present, l said nothing;
she told Joe of it in my presence; L heard
Joe testify that if there was anyone at his
house on the 18th, he did not remember it,
but if he had thought moment, he would
have recalled it; Tuesday, the 17th,
was the last time 1 was there until Satur-
day; told my sister-in-law about John
while we were going after grapes,
and she told Joe about it;
when she got to the house; don't know
whether she told him when it was, or if
he asked her; told her when it was; she
bered the time he was there, because it
was my work day; if 1 told her the day, !
told her the day of the week; don't re-
member having told her on that Tuesday
what the time was that John was at my
house; said he was there the other night
if he was there the second of May, it was
two weeks before the robbery; it was
either the first or second Monday of May
if the paper was dated the 9th of May, il
must have been the 9th that he was there
but don't know the date on the paper;
had not seen Brother John for some time
before that; l cannot fix the day of the
month when he was at my house; was
not at Joe's house on Sunday, the 18th
his wife told me they stayed
at home all day expecting me
to visit them; my husband was not at thu
house when John came; he had gone tC
the pasture; he takes the horses to thu
pasture every night, and goes after them
, in the morning; there was no one at my
: house when John came; have talked will
, Joe about his whereabouts; he never asked
5 me about the paper and the lunch; tolt
F.; his wife; I suppose 1 just happ ned tt
/ think about it and tell her; the Sun ant
} STATESMAN and some pamphlets wer
/ what got from Joes.
Redirect told you Ito Col. Sneed
r in substance what have testified to here
v he and Joe and Joe's wife are the onl
ones 1 have ever spoken to about it.
/ Col. Thos. E. Sneed sworn: Abor
l the last of March or ear
f in April the defendant came t.
t my office to engage me to get a pardon
Q for his brother, Austin Barbour, now con
: fined in the state penitentiary; 1 exam
Y ined the papers; found that he had n
r copies of the indictment, judgment o
sentence; l advised him to go to George
i, town and get certified copies of thos
; documents; l also prepared reommen
t datlon for him to get signed by citizen
r of Williamson and other counties, recon
8 mending the pardon; he asked me what
: would charge for my services; told hir
a 1 would charge him $50 for preparing tn
= application; he left saying he would &c
Y the documents and the recommendation
f signed as soon as he could, an
T return. He did return in abou
S two weeks with the paper
: 1 had asked him to get; told him woul
r prepare the application as soon as m
other engagements would permit, an
, would present it to the governor; he the
, paid me $5Oin currency; he handed it t
!; me and took from the pocket book money
Q bill by bill, and said, "here is 500 more i
t currency, that have for the purpose, an
Q will pay it to you if you succeed in gettin
e the PARDON" l told him all right, woul
d do the best could for the brother; wa
@ satisfied then and am satisfied now, tina
: there was 800 in the pile; most of tn
d money was twenties; in the next day O
t two l prepared the application and pres
r ented it to the governor, since which tim
@ / have heard nothing from it; this none
| transaction was long before the month G
d May. The bills l exhibited yesterda
g came to me from Mr.. Burleson, and sur
pose are the same ones he received froI
r the police clerk on Barbour's order.
S At the close of the days session, tn
| porbour oosa was nostnOnad until Erida'